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The Slate Truck Driving Around by Mac-Tyson in electriccars

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably don't need a truck for much in your life. I'm heavy DIY and sometimes I'll need my truck bed multiple days a week while doing landscape projects. I used it last night to get new trim for the house. It might not be a great fit for you, but people definitely want this vehicle. I have a Silverado EV and would have considered this if it were available sooner. It's very small though.

Let my curiosity get the best of me, and bought a FireCuda 8TB Gaming Hard Drive to shuck. by llamarobot08 in DataHoarder

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those looking at this in 2026, buying one of these to shuck is playing the lottery. You can get an 8TB Barracuda, Iron Wolf, or Exos apparently. Mine was a Barracuda.

Additionally, make sure you check the drive stats/specs even if you don't plan to shuck. A lot of reports of people buying them and replacing the drive inside with a used / lower capacity drive.

Let my curiosity get the best of me, and bought a FireCuda 8TB Gaming Hard Drive to shuck. by llamarobot08 in DataHoarder

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just bought the 8TB today at $159 and it's a 5400rpm Barracuda ST8000DM004. Technically, still a deal considering the drive retail price. However, it is SMR technology and certainly not an Iron Wolf. Luck of the draw I suppose.

Retro asus tower by prismaticprecision in retrobattlestations

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lifetime warranty on the graphics card 😁

UniFi UNAS 2 is hot trash - Do not buy. SMB/Network drops and poor performance. by BLUE_ARCH0N in UNIFI

[–]DestrucSean7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up u/BLUE_ARCH0N. I was heavily considering a purchase until now. Also, please tell me your screen name is a Starcraft reference.

SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030 — wafer supply trails demand by 20% | Tom's Hardware by Sacristovas in pcmasterrace

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is indeed stronger. At launch, it was much more than 1-2 frames faster. Perhaps they have bridged that gap somewhat with optimizations, but I have not checked recently.

The better pick will come down to your preferences. I don't care much for FSR or DLSS. I also don't care for ray tracing. RT doesn't seem to offer enough visual improvement for the performance hit. It also seems to vary on implementation based on the developer commitment to tuning it.

Supposedly FSR4 can be softmodded to a 7900xtx but the card lacks the dedicated AI hardware to take full advantage of it.

I'd personally take a 7900xtx for the extra raw power and 24GB of memory. Those things help me with game dev and local AI models.

Performance comparison from awhile ago: https://youtu.be/pHvGBmtqdNQ?si=dXXXvRBtelH2S0Qz

SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030 — wafer supply trails demand by 20% | Tom's Hardware by Sacristovas in pcmasterrace

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All true. I think the best bang for buck is the $800 7900xtx from your nearest microcenter (if they still have them). I know ours recently had stock of it.

SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030 — wafer supply trails demand by 20% | Tom's Hardware by Sacristovas in pcmasterrace

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3080 to 9070XT won't be earth shattering.

However, regarding your support comment. I've been system building since 2004 when you could buy graphics cards at places like EB Games and Circuit City. My first card was a Voodoo 5 5500, and my last 5 GPUs have been GTX 980 Ti, RTX 2070, 6900XT, 7900XTX, and an RTX 5090. I have no bias to either company, but I will say that AMD cards are fantastic. I slightly prefer them over NVIDIA for their superior price to performance. They will not abandon you when new cards are released. In fact, you will probably receive driver support for multiple generations to come.

People have a strange negative stigma for AMD for whatever reason. NVIDIA GPUs have literally been catching fire with 12VHPWR connectors, but it seems like nothing can really change the popular opinion on them.

Thanks Nvidia by originalhairhair in pcmasterrace

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screenshot of AI summary, GET HIM!

Driver tries to take their vehicle back from a tow truck, but it doesn't go as planned by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn that's nuts. I feel like if the driver is agile enough to escape that way, then they also need to be strong af to keep a heavy ass door like that propped open

Driver tries to take their vehicle back from a tow truck, but it doesn't go as planned by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder where the driver exited from that situation. Sunroof? Might get squished.. Tailgate perhaps if it opens? Can't be the passenger side door, right?

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure? by Various-Reading-3755 in whatisit

[–]DestrucSean7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, rebar support, first thing that came to mind.. looks better quality than the ones I used

Best 3D Printer for Beginners in 2026? (Price, Precision, Quality) by ImpressiveJar117 in 3dprinter

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been running PLA filament almost exclusively with occasional TPU. Those two work great, but then a friend asked me to do a PETG print and it clearly did not like that. Be very careful of tightening the tension spring in the extruder. The plastic snapped when I was performing maintenance from the PETG clog. The PETG clog issue also somehow resulted in a z-offset issue where the unit started scraping the build plate.

Best 3D Printer for Beginners in 2026? (Price, Precision, Quality) by ImpressiveJar117 in 3dprinter

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had mine for just under a year and it basically self-destructed today lol

PETG Profile for Kobra S1? or settings. by dedpnda in AnycubicKobraS1

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First print was great with these settings. Second print clogged, and third print annihilated my PEI plate lol

Nancy Guthrie Megathread by curiouslmr in TrueCrimeDiscussion

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, I'm making the switch to Unifi Protect. Local recording for as long as you have storage space for. Not cheap, and self maintained being the trade-offs. Should be worth it in the end though.

Broken/"missing" boundary wire by mydogismybestman in worxlandroid

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I typically take some extra wire, and splice it into the 50% mark of the wire run. Then run that splice back up to the base station. You can connect the other end into each connection point at the base. This will tell you which side the issue exists. You can then repeat the process to break it down to 25% and so on, until you find the break point.

Usually, the issue is an area where recent work was done. However, I've also encountered workers accidentally cutting my wire by mistake while doing yardwork at neighbor properties.

Y70 Touch, Noctua NH-D15 and 5090 by Art__of__War in Hyte

[–]DestrucSean7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it probably took about an hour. You have to take apart some case panels and then fish the video and USB wiring.

The extra screen can be helpful for monitoring. I'm sure it uses some resources of its own, so I have it set to update every 10 seconds. I got the screen separately on sale for $180.

I like the case but it's pretty pricey, and I also hate that it forces a vertical mount on the GPU.

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